Wildfire communication campaign – open call

The devastating human, social, and environmental impacts of extreme wildfires have received international attention in recent years, and for good reason. Wildfires are increasing in intensity, frequency and scale of impact due to a complex interplay of factors, including climate change creating more favourable conditions.

Responding to raging wildfires in 2019, TBI’s Fire-Smart Landscape Governance programme set out to reduce the wildfire risks in tropical landscapes in the context of sustainable use of forests and trees in climate-smart landscapes.

In TBI’s view, effective fire management requires a collaborative effort from all stakeholders involved in land and fire management. This can be achieved through fire-smart landscape governance where different approaches are understood, recognized and applied, and that addresses the multiple needs of different stakeholders. The interrelations and complexity of factors that contribute to the use of fires are considered, underlying factors and actors involved, and relationships between fire and society. To achieve effective fire-smart landscape governance for reducing wildfire risk, approaches should acknowledge: (i) collective learning; (ii) empowering communities; (iii) improving policies and practices; and (iv) inclusive governance. The programme is being implemented in Bolivia, Indonesia, Ghana, Uganda and Ethiopia.

To raise awareness of the potential of locally owned solutions to mitigating wild fire risks across tropical landscapes among a wide range of stakeholders, we now embark on a communication campaign to document and disseminate our approach to fire-smart landscape governance.

If you are interested, please read the full Terms of References here

Deadline for proposal submission: June 14, 2023